I’ll be honest, I’m tired of metal covers of video game music that only recreate the melody with an electric guitar. But every now and then, a remixer comes along that twists things around and not only adds their own style, but also brings someone else’s talent into the mix. Medli’s Melodies is a series…
When I first booted up my copy of Ocarina of Time in December of 1998, I was completely transfixed by the opening cutscene. The graphics were miles ahead of Super Mario 64 and the world looked amazing in a way that my 7-year-old brain couldn’t comprehend. The world seemed vast and so full of potential, and it…
One of the most memorable moments during my first adventure through The Wind Waker was the discovery of the Queen of Fairies. Being as it was my first ever Zelda game, there was a lot that surprised me throughout my journey. I didn’t expect Jabun to be such a huge fish, I didn’t think that Tetra…
The composers of the music in Breath of the Wild created a soundtrack that I consider a subtle masterpiece. The music featured in the game tends to be more relaxing than the orchestrations we’re used to in other Nintendo titles, and this mellow and subtle approach to the soundtrack meshes well with the beautiful landscapes…
I’ve found myself both amazed and frustrated by the piece of music I’m discussing this week because I wish the buskers in Britain were as cool as these two guys (from their group named Malcura) performing an incredible cover of “Gerudo Valley” from Ocarina of Time on the streets of Melbourne. Perhaps it’s for the best, as I’d…
Let’s get this out of the way: The CD-i games aren’t good. Even if you’ve only seen gameplay footage, one can quickly make an inference that they’re not good. It’s very easy for us to quickly point out all of the bad things in these games, and this has been a recurring trend in the Zelda…
A lot of remixes we get on here are often reorchestrated tracks, which is fantastic. But for this week’s highlight, I thought I’d go in a different direction with something electronic. I immediately loved this Deku Palace Electro Remix by Ben ‘Flibster’ Hayward when I first heard it years ago, and have come back to…
Who said you need a full band to make a good performance? Well, the concept of the one-man band has been around for quite some time, but nowadays with technology, processors and video editing we no longer need to go around the streets carrying a bass drum on our backs and cymbals strapped to our…
The Legend of Zelda has some of the best music in video game history, so good that it even inspired a traveling concert. I’m not ashamed to say that I listen to this music all the time, and with a soundtrack as fantastic as this series, why wouldn’t I? I’ve been wanting to define and…
I’ve always held a special place in my iTunes Library for “The Great Sea Theme” from The Wind Waker. Occasionally, I play this theme when I am driving my scrappy green 1998 Subaru Impreza. The music makes me feel like I am about to embark on a big journey, even if I am driving to…
While I can not play an instrument myself, I have deep admiration for those folks that not only play one but reach a level of mastery far greater than most people around them. It’s wonderful that the internet has made finding these skilled musicians so easy. I don’t remember how I stumbled across Tom Brier exactly: it was…
I am, by and large, a dreamer. I spend a lot of my time lost in my own imagination dreaming up various worlds and scenarios and living them out in my mind. Video games have, of course, been a huge inspiration to my own imagination, and I often find myself listening to my favorite tunes,…
Christmas in the year 2000 is a time I will never forget. It’s the Christmas I obtained my favorite Zelda game Majora’s Mask. A lot of the game’s themes went right over my 9-year-old head, but I always had the feeling when I played it, what I was doing was much greater than anything I’d ever done in…
This might be cheating a little bit in two ways: one, this remix includes a theme from a game of a different franchise, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island; and two, this was made by me. It’s not that I’m trying to promote my work, but I just want to share this theme with everyone and…
Molgera has always been a highlight of The Wind Waker for me. The temple that holds him was perhaps the most frustrating dungeon in the game, but for that boss battle and brilliant music it was all worth it — and also Makar and how he jingles when he walks, but that’s another conversation for…
